A group from Shotton Hall Academy have earned a place in the Premier League Enterprise Challenge final after getting through the semi-final at Stoke City last week. The youngsters are heading to London on Monday, March 20 to represent Sunderland AFC in the final leg of the challenge after beating Watford, Leicester, […]
Month: February 2017
Annual #TimeToTalk campaign raises mental health awareness in the North East
The fourth annual #TimeToTalk awareness day has been held in order to raise mental health awareness, gaining big support by many in the North East. The campaign, run by the charity Time to Change, aimed to encourage people to talk about mental health in order to end the stigma surrounding […]
62-year old grandmother to challenge Great North Run
By Amie Slack A North East grandmother is tackling a half marathon for her favourite local charity. Lynda Dixon, 62, from Ferryhill, County Durham is going to run 13 miles in the Great North Run for the Great North Air Ambulance Service. Mrs Dixon is a […]
North East MP Votes Against Brexit Bill
A North East MP who voted against proceeding with Brexit has given her reasons for being against the proposed bill. On February 1, Newcastle North MP Catherine McKinnell was the only MP in the Tyne and Wear area that voted against a bill to invoke Article 50 and withdraw from […]
RNLI Volunteers to Sell CD in Aid of Memorial Fund for Ex Volunteer
Volunteers from the Sunderland RNLI Lifeboat Station will be raising funds by selling CDs in The Bridges Shopping Centre this weekend. The money is in aid of a memorial fund in memory of ex-Sunderland RNLI volunteer Andrew Cantle. The CD that is being sold was originally being created to promote […]
Islamophobic graffiti scrawled across Sunderland mosque
Sunderland’s Jami-Masjid mosque on Chester Road has been graffitied with the words “Muslims out” sparking outrage from the local community. The graffiti was applied on the evening and night of the January 27. The mosque has been targeted by vandals before. Imam Syed Shuheb said: “This is an unacceptable expression of […]